advb Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Hi, To set the scene, I have a Panasonic DVD recorder and I am trying to transfer recordings from DVD-RAM to DVD-RW disks in VR (Video Recording) format. I have a burner on my computer which is DVD-RAM compatible. I mainly use DVD-RAM disks because these allow you to do very easy editing on the recorder itself while retaining all the recording titles etc. The recorder can also record onto DVD-RW disks in VR (Video Recording) mode but editing is very limited. However, the recorder can finalize DVD-RW disks into standard DVD format disks, generating a menu and the standard VIDEO_TS folder and files. I'm trying to get the best of both worlds by editing on DVD-RAM disks and then transferring them onto DVD-RW disks so they can be finalized and then ultimately copied to DVD-R! As a first step, I used ImgBurn to burn the recording files from a DVD-RAM disk onto a DVD-RW disk. The recorder happily read the DVD-RW disk, even showing it as a VR mode disk, and allowed the recordings to be played. However, when I went to finalize the disk, it said that the DVD-RW(VR) disk was already closed. Is there any way of burning the files to the DVD-RW but leaving the session/disk open? I assume this is what makes difference between a normal disk and one in VR format. Any thoughts or guidance would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenadjian Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 There is no finalization on -R format discs, it's only +R's that are finalized. As for the multi session question, no you can't with ImgBurn, it does not support multi session yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutach Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Why don't you finalise in the recorder, making it into VR/VF whatever? The simply copy the files to your hard drive and pop them onto your RWs. Then you can simply reformat the RAMs and away you go again. This is what I do with my camcorder. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
advb Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 Why don't you finalise in the recorder, making it into VR/VF whatever? The simply copy the files to your hard drive and pop them onto your RWs. Then you can simply reformat the RAMs and away you go again. This is what I do with my camcorder. Regards Les, A sensible suggestion but (unless I've missed in the menus), the recorder doesn't have a finalise option for DVD-RAM disks, only for DVD-RW disks. I'll definately check again, though.... Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutach Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Aaah - that would be one reason why you wouldn't. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volvofl10 Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 you dont finalise RAM discs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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